GROVE CITY, Pa. – The
Grove City College softball team swept a non-conference doubleheader against
visiting Penn State Beaver Thursday afternoon at College Field, improving to 5-3
on the season. The Wolverines won the first game, 8-0, then secured a 14-1,
5-inning win in the nightcap.

In the opener, senior
pitcher Sarah Smith (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) fired a 4-hit shutout and
improved to 3-1 on the season.

In Game Two, the
Wolverines broke the game open with a 7-run third inning. A three-run double
from senior Jes Flick (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau) helped ignite the outburst. Bogusz
doubled twice as part of a 3-for-4 effort. She also drove in three runs. Rice
went 3-for-3, scored four runs and drove in a pair of runs.

Junior infielder Andrea
Settle (Pylesville, Md./Harford Christian) belted an inside-the-park home run to
lead off the second inning. It is her first collegiate homer. Sophomore Abby
Greiner (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) doubled, singled and scored twice
while freshman Rachael Risbon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum) scored a pair of runs.

Junior Lauren Carlson
(Meadville, Pa./Meadville) pitched three innings and allowed just two hits and
one run. Coulombe pitched two scoreless innings of relief.

Grove City will host Penn
State Altoona Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. in a non-conference doubleheader.